How to Use heartache in a Sentence

heartache

noun
  • I've had more than my share of heartaches in my life.
  • The pain, the heartache, the love — keep writing it down.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Every heartache and bump in the road brought me to the man of my dreams.
    Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • That was where the heartache was waiting for the home team.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 May 2024
  • There was strain, there was heartache, but in the end, fun and joy.
    oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Here are some tips on how to do it with the least heartache.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Far from straight love songs, the tracks are tinged in heartache.
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 31 May 2018
  • Amill Principe and his wife know the meaning of heartache.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But the last two years the Lancers have known mostly heartache.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This has been a week of heartache for many of us in the Vogue office.
    Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For Cougars fans, that stretch has not just been 12 years of heartache.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Some of the Russian Dolls shared the heartache of their childhoods.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
  • The next day, the agony of not knowing ended, but with the news came more heartache.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • But from a life standpoint, a year that caused so much pain and heartache to the world.
    Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Yet the war is not the only cause for concern and heartache.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 9 May 2018
  • Nobody missed a shot to end the game for a crushing heartache.
    Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • It is supposed to crash in a tsunami of heartache and pain.
    Barry Pearce, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
  • An Amy Adams Oscar win in 2009 would save us a ton of heartache over the years.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Many years ago, someone in my life caused me a lot of heartache.
    Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • By the end of the first night, her dog would be dead and she would be left with heartache and questions.
    Michael Hollan, Fox News, 7 July 2021
  • Then came the back-to-back collapses and more heartache.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
  • The only way to go is through, and sometimes that means a lot of heartache and love and loss.
    Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But these deaths can still cause them a lifetime of heartache.
    Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The Biden family has faced more than its share of heartache over the years.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
  • And again this is where the law is intertwined with heartache and tragedy.
    Clare Hymes, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2021
  • To see her again on the big screen is to weep with her, with heartache and gratitude.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
  • These male voices sang of lost love, the heartache of breakups and pleas for a second chance.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • And here is the most popular girl, singing about their heartache.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • While the move came as a shock to some teammates, the breakup was a necessary heartache for both LaVine and the Bulls to start over with a (somewhat) clean slate.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • From her grandfather to her mother and beyond, PKD has woven its way through the family tree, leaving a trail of heartache and hope in its wake.
    Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

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